Status Update

Thanks to the many supporters and friends who contributed to my first round of fundraising I have been able to start an experiential treatment/therapy to help with my Dercums Disease symptoms. If you are able to contribute to the Ron Jacobs Dercums Disease Fund Round 2, please do I still have a long way to go. This treatment (my word, not the vendors) is not a cure. I will have Dercums Disease for the rest of my life and will have to deal with the pain and trouble that it brings. However, I have improved greatly over the last month and I'm making plans to come back to work.

My old position is no longer available so the first thing I have to do is to find a position. I'm making contacts with friends in Microsoft to try and find something that will work and have some promising leads. I hope to announce something soon. I have to say that Microsoft has been very good to me. I am still a Microsoft employee (on leave) and I am still covered by their medical insurance which is a tremendous help to me. For those of you outside the US you might find that strange but in the US most people get health insurance through their employer.

When I got really sick I moved to California to live with my mother who took care of me (thanks mom!). This weekend I'm heading back to Seattle to find a place to live, meet up with some friends on the Microsoft campus for lunch on Monday, talk with some guys about a possible position and shoot an update for the This Week on Channel 9 show.

Because of my condition, anyone who offers me a position is taking a risk that I might get sick again and be unable to work but I promise you and them (whoever they are) that as long as I am able to sit at a computer and type I will commit myself to producing great samples, great videos and blog posts and to helping you to succeed with whatever you are doing.